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Around in coarse vein? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

roughly

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'around' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'coarse vein?' is the wordplay.
'coarse' becomes 'rough' (associated in meaning).
'vein?' becomes 'ly' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'rough'+'ly'='ROUGHLY'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for roughly that I've seen before include "Sort of; with violence" , "Approximately, more or less" , "In the neighbourhood of" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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